Health care experts, policymakers, payers, and consumers consider health information technologies, such as electronic health records and computerized provider order entry, to be critical to transforming the health care industry (1–7). Information management is fundamental to health care delivery (8). Given the fragmented nature of health care, the large volume of transactions in the system, the need to integrate new scientific evidence into practice, and other complex information management activities, the limitations of paper-based information management are intuitively apparent. While the benefits of health information technology are clear in theory, adapting new information systems to health care has proven difficult and rates of use have been limited (9–11). Most information technology applications have centered on administrative and financial transactions rather than on delivering clinical care (12).
Oct 28, 2015
Webinar: Logistics management system in The Gambia
Stock Management, Supply Chain
Gambia
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) recently held a webinar entitled, “Logistics management system in The Gambia.” The presentation provided an overview of The Gambia, one of the countries with the best immunization coverage in the West African region.
Dec 30, 2004
Integrating Child Health Information Systems
eHealth Plan, Software, Tools, Training
Global
The Health Resources and Services Administration and All Kids Count (a national technical assistance center fostering development of integrated child health information systems) have been working together to foster development of integrated child health information systems.
Activities have included: identification of key elements for successful integration of systems; development of principles and core functions for the systems; a survey of state and local integration efforts; and a conference to develop a common vision for child health information systems to meet medical care and public health needs.We provide 1 state (Utah) as an example that is well on the way to development of integrated child health information systems.
Jan 2, 2012
WHO Global health indicators
The following summary tables represent the best estimates of WHO for a broad range of key public health indicators – based on evidence available in 2011. These best estimates have wherever possible been computed by WHO using standardized categories and methods in order to enhance crossnational comparability. This approach may result in some cases in differences between the estimates presented here and the official national statistics prepared and endorsed by individual Member States.May 16, 2006
Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care
eHealth Plan, Software, Training
Global
May 1, 2013
Utilizing community health worker data for program management and evaluation: systems for data quality assessments and baseline results from Rwanda.
Community health workers (CHWs) have and continue to play a pivotal role in health services delivery in many resource-constrained environments. The data routinely generated through these programs are increasingly relied upon for providing information for program management, evaluation and quality assurance. However, there are few published results on the quality of CHW-generated data, and what information exists suggests quality is low. An ongoing challenge is the lack of routine systems for CHW data quality assessments (DQAs). In this paper, we describe a system developed for CHW DQAs and results of the first formal assessment in southern Kayonza, Rwanda, May-June 2011. We discuss considerations for other programs interested in adopting such systems. While the results identified gaps in the current data quality, the assessment also identified opportunities for strengthening the data to ensure suitable levels of quality for use in management and evaluation.Sep 1, 2011
Project Fives Alive! IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE REPORT
Project Fives Alive! aims through the application of quality improvement (QI) methods to assist and accelerate Ghana’s efforts to achieve the Fourth Millennium Development Goal of reducing under— 5 mortality by 67% from its 1990 baseline of 110-120 deaths per 1000 live births to less than 40 deaths per 1000 live births by 2015. Operational since July 2008, PFA! has worked with frontline health workers to develop, test and implement successful change ideas that have proved useful in overcoming system barriers accounting for preventable deaths in children less than five in Ghana. Starting from three districts in the Northern sector of Ghana, the project is now scaled up in all 38 districts in Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions of Ghana and in 32 hospitals of the National Catholic Health Service scattered all across the country in various districts. Effectively tested and implemented ideas within districts, sub-districts and the hospitals to improve processes in the continuum of care have been documented into two “Change packages” - one for successful changes in antenatal, skilled delivery and post-natal care and the other in hospital-based care.Jun 30, 2009
PRISM Tools User Guide
PRISM (Performance of Routine Information System Management)
Global
Mar 1, 2010
PRISM Tools for Assessing, Monitoring, and Evaluating RHIS Performance
PRISM (Performance of Routine Information System Management)
Global
Jan 6, 2009
PRISM framework: a paradigm shift for designing, strengthening and evaluating routine health information systems
eHealth Plan, EPI Plan, PRISM (Performance of Routine Information System Management)
Global
Jan 1, 2009
It Is Time! Accelerating the Use of Child Health Information Systems to Improve Child Health
Applications, Data Warehouse, Immunization Registry, Monitoring & Evaluation
Global
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